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Frank Gore apparently didn’t think much of the Eagles’ second-half effort last week. According to a report from ESPN, while Gore appeared on their show “First Take” to discuss the 49ers big come-back win over Philadelphia, he declared “I think playing that second half the way we came out, the Eagles didn’t want to play no more.”

Gore may be justified in calling out the Eagles’ defensive efforts. Before his break out game against them in which he ran for 127 yards and scored what ended up being the game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter, Gore hadn’t accumulated more than 59 total rushing yards in any game this season.

Gore continued in the interview, “We just kept pounding and kept pounding and making plays and we kind of knocked the fight out of them.”

After going into the halftime down by twenty points, the 49ers played a nearly perfect third quarter before finally taking the lead with just minutes remaining on the clock. Gore, Kendall Hunter, and Alex Smith took advantage of a rather weak group of Philadelphia linebackers and sent the self-titled “Dream Team” to a 1-3 overall record.

The 49ers, on the other hand, improved to 3-1 and will host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Candlestick Park on Sunday to try and continue this offensive production.

This week the Eagles’ defensive unit will be tested even more as they face Ryan Fitzpatrick and an explosive Buffalo Bills offense. Let’s see if they want to play this time.